{"id":1312,"date":"2020-02-13T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldsuffering.org\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T18:54:00","slug":"the-global-refugee-crisis-and-its-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/worldsuffering\/2020\/02\/13\/the-global-refugee-crisis-and-its-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"The Global Refugee Crisis and its Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\" By 2020 the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) reported<\/a> 71 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, half of whom qualify as refugees, and half of them are under the age of 18. An additional 10 million stateless people have been denied a nationality and access to basic rights such as education, healthcare, employment and freedom of movement.<\/p>\n

Many additional persons began the journey out of their homeland but died in route to another country. In a world where nearly\u00a034,000 people are forcibly displaced every day\u00a0<\/a>because of conflict or persecution, the humanitarian crisis will continue to worsen.<\/p>\n

While many view this problem as primarily a problem of the Middle East and Europe, only about 14% of global refugees attempt entry into the EU<\/a> or other upper income nations (See Stiftung 2017 book in References.) An article by Patrick Kingsley<\/a> notes how British and other European leaders have made extremely untrue and exaggerated claims about refugee flow into European countries.\u00a0\u00a0 The crisis of mass displacement is a global humanitarian problem, which demands global solutions. Prejudice and xenophobic variations across nations make solving refugee issues extremely challenging.<\/p>\n

Visionary leadership needs to be developed in setting up strong refugee systems that remain sustainable in part by reinforcing the virtues of solidarity and compassion.<\/p>\n

This website does not advocate totally porous borders. Instead we promote humanitarian solutions to the policy crisis worldwide. Here are some concrete steps that can be taken to better resolve the global refugee crisis:<\/p>\n